Lorem Picsum

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos

Basic Usage

Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.

https://picsum.photos/200/300

To get a square image, just put the size you want.

https://picsum.photos/200

Random image

Get a random image by appending ?random to the end of the url.

https://picsum.photos/200/300/?random

Grayscale

Use the /g/ path to greyscale the image.

https://picsum.photos/g/200/300

List images

Get a list of images by using the /list endpoint.

https://picsum.photos/list

[
    {
        "format": "jpeg",
        "width": 5616,
        "height": 3744,
        "filename": "51492538696.jpg",
        "id": 0,
        "author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
        "author_url": "https://alejandroescamilla.com/",
        "post_url": "https://unsplash.com/post/51492538696/download-by-alejandro-escamilla"
    }
]

Specific Image

Get a specific image by appending ?image to the end of the url.

https://picsum.photos/200/300?image=0

You can find a list of all images here.

Blurred image

Get a blurred image by appending ?blur to the end of the url.

https://picsum.photos/200/300/?blur

Crop Gravity

Select the cropping gravity by adding ?gravity to the end of the url.

Valid options are: north, east, south, west, center

https://picsum.photos/200/300/?gravity=east